samba: remote code execution in nmbd
Published Aug 6, 2014
7.9
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 56.38%
Description
NetBIOS name services daemon (nmbd) in Samba 4.0.x before 4.0.21 and 4.1.x before 4.1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that modify heap memory, involving a sizeof operation on an incorrect variable in the unstrcpy macro in string_wrappers.h.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 14.04
- 6.0
- 7.0
Configuration 2
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6
- 4.1.7
- 4.1.8
- 4.1.9
- 4.1.10
Configuration 3
- 4.0.0
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.0.5
- 4.0.6
- 4.0.7
- 4.0.8
- 4.0.9
- 4.0.10
- 4.0.11
- 4.0.12
- 4.0.13
- 4.0.14
- 4.0.15
- 4.0.16
- 4.0.17
- 4.0.18
- 4.0.19
- 4.0.20
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
samba4-0:4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1009
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
samba-0:4.1.1-37.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1008
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
samba3x
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
samba
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 2
samba
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 3
samba
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba4-0:4.0.0-63.el6_5.rc4 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1009 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | samba-0:4.1.1-37.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1008 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | samba3x | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 2 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | samba | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of samba or samba3x as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and the versions of samba as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as it only affected Samba 4.0.0 and higher.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 56.38% (0.56378) | 99.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 56.38% (0.56378) | 98.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 22, 2026 | 71.95% (0.71948) | 98.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 14, 2025 | 74.28% (0.74282) | 98.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 30, 2025 | 58.38% (0.58377) | 98.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 57.03% (0.57026) | 98.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 41.46% (0.41460) | 97.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 37.59% (0.37594) | 96.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 48.44% (0.48443) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 37.56% (0.37556) | 96.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 90.29% (0.90286) | 99.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 92.97% (0.92973) | 99.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 93.39% (0.93392) | 98.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.95% (0.95951) | 99.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 96.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 96.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 18.60% (0.18601) | 93.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136280.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136864.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00027.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59583 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59610 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59976 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3560 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69021 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030663 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2305-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3560 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1126010 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95081 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e6a848630da3ba958c442438ea131c99fa088605 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fb1d325d96dfe9bc2e9c4ec46ad4c55e8f18f4a2 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3560
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3560
- https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2014-3560
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